The Gaussian surface for calculating the electric field due to a charge distribution is

any closed surface around the charge distribution

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any surface near the charge distribution

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a spherical surface

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a closed surface at a every point of which electric field has a normal component which is zero or a fixed value

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The correct option is C a closed surface at a every point of which electric field has a normal component which is zero or a fixed value
We must take a surface such that we can able to find the electric field component perpendicular to the surface so that we can calculate the flux associated with the surface

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